Ice @ Iceblade02 @lemmy.world

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The main argument for nuclear is not its individual cost, neither for remewables. The main argument is that we need to rid ourselves of fossil fuels.

When planning for a future global energy system w/o fossil fuels, nuclear power has a key role to play as the most reliable source of clean, dispatchable electricity. This allows it to punch far above its equivalent capacity by massively reduce the need for expensive grid scale storage solutions.

Source 1: IEA (2019), Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/reports/nuclear-power-in-a-clean-energy-system, Licence: CC BY 4.0

Source 2: NEA (2019), The Costs of Decarbonisation: System Costs with High Shares of Nuclear and Renewables, OECD Publishing, Paris https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_15000

Please do stay!

Yeah, a lot of the fediverse has an extreme left slant, and that's coming from someone living in a rather left-leaning country.

As someone who jumped the reddit ship during the blackout protest and has been here ever since, mostly out of principle, it has slowly been getting better as more people filter in.

Personally, I find the discussion of equality and equity to be quite interesting. Partly because of which areas where either may be considered preferable, and which areas where implementing equity policies ends up leading to objectively worse outcomes, usually in the long term and on a societal level.

So the farmers will have to pay their workers a liveable wage?

How terrible...

Labor scarcity drives innovation & increases standards of living by driving up the value that workers can demand in exchange for their time. It's simple economics.

I would be positively shocked if this gained traction. Many islamic countries seem to be limiting rather than extending womens and girls rights at the moment.

the other judges all judged Israel was plausibly committing genocide

This statement is incorrect.

https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-05-en.pdf

Indeed, the basis on which she dismissed the provisions is quite important. She highlights that one of the fundamental parts that according to the ICJ are necessary to constitute a genocide (intent) is not present. For all of you interested, her full opinion is available to read here. In short, she stated that because of the lack of intent there is no genocide in Gaza (as defined by the ICJ).

I will note that she hadn't before this ruling been considered "pro-Israel". Though it has historically been the opinion of some moderators in this community that statements like hers constitute "Pro-Israel propaganda".

The relevant part from the genocide convention:

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical...

Here are some excerpts from the opinion of judge Sebutinde:

... Some of the preconditions for the indication of provisional measures have not been met --- South Africa has not demonstrated, even on a prima facie basis, that the acts allegedly committed by Israel and of which the Applicant complains, were committed with the necessary genocidal intent, and that as a result, they are capable of falling within the scope of the Genocide Convention --- Similarly, since the acts allegedly committed by Israel were not accompanied by a genocidal intent, the Applicant has not demonstrated that the rights it asserts and for which it seeks protection through the indication of provisional measures are plausible under the Genocide Convention --- The provisional measures indicated by the Court in this Order are not warranted.

Later in the document there are more detailed explanations, but I will spoiler them to avoid a huge wall of text:

Previous moderation has indicated that discussion of this topic is ban-worthy in this community. As such I will not be responding to any comments unless a moderator in this community actively says otherwise. Those interested in a civil discussion can however send me a DM instead, as I find the topic important and worthy of discussion.

No, I didn't miss it. I responded to the OPs statement regarding the passage of time, highlighting that animals are already adapting and evolving in the face of urban and human-adjacent ecosystems, which cats have always been an integral part of.

Long enough for ecosystems to change, adapt and form as well as for animals to evolve based on their new environment. Considering that there are already rats & cockroaches adapting to pesticides, both birds & pests are most certainly adapting to cats to some degree after the passage of thousands of years.

Obviously there may be a point in restricting cats in more insular habitats such as small islands, but for anybody on a major continent it is rather pointless. Furthermore, cats serve an important purpose in hunting pests that spread alongside humans, primarily rats and mice, both of which can have an even more disastrous effect on local ecosystems.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aam8327

Yes, I assume the headline is based on what he was actually convicted of, highlighting that he's a controversial figure, and the article itself provides the context. Seems unlikely he'd be convicted for the insults without the added context.

Found the article interesting since it's at least an indication that the previous cadre of corrupt goons are getting sorted out. Not sure about how clean the current Sri-Lankan government is though.

Yeah I don't expect Kim'd let anybody leave NK that isn't either fanatically loyal or under their thumb somehow even whilst abroad.

I always dread having to replace old appliances, specifically because of the added non-features that inevitably break.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/07/17/i-cant-erase-all-blood-my-mind/palestinian-armed-groups-october-7-assault-israel

I'm going to leave it at that. There is piles and piles of evidence that'll convince anybody but the willfully or literally blind. I don't want to have to go through it all again.

Even if the claims are true, which from what I’ve read there isn’t much evidence at all

There is plenty of evidence, but maybe you need a refresher.

Archival link (haaretz): https://archive.is/sRK4M

Warning, graphical content: https://www.7thofoctober.com/

Denying the events of October 7th is comparable to denying the events of 9/11. Both terrible events, which traumatized an entire people and caused wars where a much greater number of people got hurt and died. Yet, attempting to deny or trivialize the origin event is a surefire way to make those affected by it not listen to another word of what you're trying to get across.

It has been presented, innumerous times, but maybe you need a refresher.

Archival link (haaretz): https://archive.is/sRK4M

Warning, graphical content: https://www.7thofoctober.com/

Maybe they’re hamas too?

There have been Al-Jazeera journalists who are Hamas members.

Also, no word about assassinating literally hundreds of journalists?

Nope. It's rather clear you aren't interested in a good faith discussion on the topic. Don't have the time or energy to put up with that right now.

Were they also all terrorists?

There are almost certainly some journalists who have been wrongly killed, as in any war.

The proposal, put forward by communications minister Shlomo Kar’i, will end government advertising in the newspaper and cancel all subscriptions for state employees and employees of state-owned companies.

Not exactly something that'll prevent them from continuing their work, nor does it limit press freedom. On the whole that entire situation actually reinforced my confidence in Israeli media since it clearly shows that it isn't under government control.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_controversies_and_criticism

Al Jazeera has a long history of islamist propagandism and affiliating with terrorists.

So... you're essentially carrying around a power bank on the back of your phone all the time? Seems like a gimmick at best.

Honestly, fast charging has turned this into such a non-issue that you'll be hard pressed to find a more convenient solution.

Ah yes. Worried it might've been something else. Even being at war, Israel does rather well when it comes to press freedom. There are a wide variety of perspectives.